The U.S. government has released the NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, a set of voluntary standards designed to help companies in industries critical to the nation to defend against cyber threats. ESET experts comment.

The newly published Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework from NIST, part of the federal effort to help critical infrastructure owners and operators reduce cybersecurity risks, is now available for review, with some interesting new language and a final workshop scheduled for November.

Cybersecurity insurance or “cyber insurance” was a hot topic at the latest NIST workshop on the critical infrastructure cybersecurity framework (CSF) in Dallas. Will the CSF become a standard used by insurers to determine rates?